Portable bar



E. KRAUSE March 19, 1935.

. PORTABLE BAR Filed Sept. 6, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR 7 ATTOR N EY E. KRAUSE PORTABLE BAR arch 19, 1935,

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BY f 1/51" ATTQRN EY Patented Mar. 19, 1935 UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a bar particularly adapted for domestic uses and of such form and construction that, aside from carrying out the indicated function, may also be of such construction as to incorporate additional features such, for instance, as a. radio, so that entertainment may be provided simultaneously with the use of the device; to provide a piece of furniture of the kind indicated which, when not in use, may be folded into compact form, to be easily spread open to dispensing position when in use; to provide a piece of furniture adapted to receive used bottles and the like, in order that the latter may not litter the surrounding space; and generally to provide a device ofthe kind indicated which is of simple form and therefore susceptible of cheap manufacture for devices of this character.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings but to which the invention is not to be restricted. Continued use in practice may dictate certain changes or alterations and the right is claimed to make any falling within the scope of the annexed claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention,

, this figure showing the cabinet in closed position.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the cabinet in open or dispensing position.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the structure of Figure2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective View of one of the swinging housing members.

The cabinet 10 is made of any acceptable decorative design and is preferably supported on casters 11 to permit easy transportation, as when moving from room to room or from one point to another in a large enclosure,

To provide for entertainment features, the cabinet is equipped with a music or talk producing apparatus which may be in the form of a radio and, if the latter, the receiver 12 is mounted on the front wall, so that its controls generally indicated at 14 are readily accessible.

Directly below the receiver, there is provided a swinging panel v15, preferably of openwork construction, so that the loud speaker 16 constituting the sound reproducing element of the equipment may be mounted thereon.

The panel 15 is swung by means of hinges 17 and is arranged to open by swinging inwardly, so that access may be had thereby tothe compartment 18 which serves as a storage space for used bottles, glasses or the like. It is merely necessary to press the panel back at the lower end and whatever it is desired to store in the com partment 18 may then be placed therein.

The flexible connection between the loud speaker and the receiver provides for the free swinging movement of the panel without disarrangement of the operative connection between the speaker and the receiver.

A storage compartment 19 is provided by supplying a bottom plate within the cabinet where it is disposed on the bead 21, this bottom plate being below the plane of the top of the receiver 12, so that the storage space is around the upper portion of the receiver, the top of which is provided with a heat insulating plate 22, in order that there may be a minimum transfer of heat from the receiver to the structure above the latter.

The storage compartment 19 is more or less shallow but may be made of any depth desired by proper positioning of the bottom plate 20.

The back of the cabinet is extended above the top of the compartment 19, as indicated at 23, where it constitutes the back wall of compartmental housing members 24 formed with angularly related side walls and a connecting bottom, as indicated at 24, 24 and 24 The housing-members are hinged to the back wall at the free edges of the wall members 24*, so that they swing through an arc of in shifting the housing members or sections 24 from open to closed position. In the closed position, the walls 24 act as side walls for this zone of the cabinet and the'walls 24 as the front wall for such zone. The bottom walls 24, cover the compartment 19 when the housing members are in closed position.

In the closed position, the cover member 25 may be swung down on top of them, thus completely enclosing the cabinet and by reason of the bounding lip 26 with which the cover is provided on three sides,the latter acts as a latching'means for retaining the housing members in the closed position by overlapping the upper edges of the walls 24 and 24 thereof.

The cover 25 is hinged to the upper extension 23 of the rear wall,.as indicated at 27 and is provided with a button 28 pivoted to the inner, face, the button being mounted for turning movement on a fastenen'so that it may be swung lengthwise of the cover and thus permit the latter to swing down to closed position, or swung transversely of the cover, when one of its ends abuts the upper edge of rear wall and thus re.- tains the cover in the upright position.

The cover 25 may be and preferably is dished out on the inner face to provide a seat for a waiter 29 which is removably held in said seat by reason of the lower edge engaging the lip member 30 and the upper edge being engaged by the swingingly mounted fastener 31.

A rack 32 is mounted preferably on the rear wall extension 23 to serve as a support for glasses,

and corner racks 33 are mounted in the corners of the housing members, being attached to the walls 24 and 24". On one of the walls, or both if desired, of the housing members racks 34 are provided for the retention of bottles.

When not in use, the housing members are swung to the closed position and the cover swung down on top of them, gravity retaining the cover in place and it retaining the housing members in place by reason of the overlapping lip 26. In use, the cover is raised to the vertical position and retained therein by the proper adjustment of the button 28, when the housingmembers may be swung outwardly to provide shelf members at opposite sides of the cabinet, containing the bottles and what-not and exposing the compartment 19 for free access to goods or equipment that may be contained therein.

As aforesaid, used bottles or other waste may be deposited in the compartment 18 by the simple deflection of the swinging panel 15 and the insertion of the bottle or undesired article into the compartment.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In a cabinet construction, the combination of a base section formed of front, back and side walls and being open at the top, said back wall being extended at the top thereof to form the back wall of a top section, said top section bein formed of two complemental housing members each formed of a side wall, a front wall and a bottom wall, the two side walls of said complemental housing members forming the side walls of the top section and being hinged to the extended back wall, the front walls of said complemental housing members being secured to the side walls and together formingthe front wall of the top section, the bottom walls of said complemental housing members being secured to the lower edges of the side and front walls thereof and together forming the bottom wall of said top section and arranged to substantially completely cover the open top of said base section, said housing members being arranged to swing through '90 degrees whereby access may be obtained to the base section and whereby the top section is effectively opened atthe front and extended in width, means arranged in the open end of said base section and forming a working surface at the top of the base section, said working surface covering only a part of said base section, and a cover for said top section hinged to the top of said extended back wall, whereby said housing members and said cover when closed form a closed compartment above said base section,

2. In a cabinet construction, the combination of a base section formed of front, back and side walls and being open at the top, said back wall being extended at the top thereof to form the back wall of a top section, a horizontal partition arranged within said base section dividing said section into an upper compartment accessible through the open top of said base section and a lower compartment, said top section being formed of two complemental housing members each formed of a side wall, a front wall and a bottom wall, the two side walls of said complemental housing members forming the side walls of the top section and being hinged to the extended back wall, the front walls of said complemental housing members being secured to the side walls and together forming the front wall of the top section, the bottom walls of said complemental housing members being secured to the side and front walls thereof and together forming the bottom wall of said top section and arranged to cover the open top of said base section, said housing members being arranged to swing through degrees whereby access may be obtained to the base section and whereby the top section is effectively opened at the front and extended in width, and a cover for said top section hinged to the top of said extended back wall, whereby said housing members and said cover when closed form a closed compartment above said base section.

3. A cabinet of the kind indicated incorporating a base compartment and a top compartment, the latter comprising two complemental housing members each formed of two angularly related walls and a connected bottom wall, swingable into engagement to define a closed compartment, and a swinging cover member engageable with said housing members when in closed position, the cabinet having an upwardly extending rear wall on which said housing members are hingedly mounted, said cover being hingedly mounted on said upper end of said extension, and a pivotally mounted button mounted on the cover for swinging movement into a position with its longitudinal dimension transverse to the cover, when its upper edge abuts the upper edge of said cabinet extension to retain the cover in open position.

4. A cabinet of the kind indicated incorporating a base compartment and a top compartment, the latter comprising two complemental housing members each formed of two angularly related walls and a connected bottom wall, swingable into engagement to define a closed compartment, 

